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Julianna Margulies Uses iPad App To Remember Her Lines
1 June 2012 1:11 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Former E.R. star Julianna Margulies has Tom Hanks' actress wife Rita Wilson to thank for helping her master her lines - she turned her on to an amazing new memory tool online.
Margulies reveals she asked Wilson for help when she found herself struggling to remember dialogue for her hit drama The Good Wife - and the Sleepless in Seattle star suggested she try a new cellphone application, called Rehearsal 2.
The actress tells The Hollywood Reporter, "It's on the iPad. You highlight your lines with your fingers.
"I shoot 23 episodes a year, and it's all legal dialogue. It's so inhuman what they (writers) want you to do. Rita Wilson, who was a guest on our show, saw me... just sweating bullets all the time. She's like, 'Honey, Rehearsal 2'. And it's changed my life!" »
Blister in the Sun
15 May 2012 2:58 PM, PDT | www.culturecatch.com | See recent CultureCatch news »
Dana Schutz: Piano in the Rain Friedrich Petzel Gallery Through June 16, 2012
The sitcom, or situation comedy, is a television show format that usually features a family scenario (for example, a husband and wife, like in The Honeymooners), or a larger, extended family (The Cosby Show), or some kind of surrogate family (Barney Miller, Cheers). In this weekly formula a mini-crisis or drama ensues, threatening to unravel the delicate fabric of the familial tranquility. Historically, theatrical comedies have often dealt with the concerns of human activities and conditions in ways that drama can't, cloaking tragedy with humor. Shakespeare, for example, often used his comedies to deal with subject matter that might have been problematic to present as drama; the entirety of Restoration theatre was based on the use of satire as a form of social and political critique.
Dana Schutz appropriates the familiar forms and styles of Munch, Ensor, and Guston, »
- bradleyrubenstein
A Classic Movie Fan's Dream: 2012 Summer Film Classics at the Paramount
15 May 2012 11:30 AM, PDT | Slackerwood | See recent Slackerwood news »
One of the best things about living in Austin is getting to attend some of the classic films that screen each summer at the Paramount Theatre. The full Paramount Summer Classic Film Series schedule has just been released, with movies screening at Stateside this year, too.
Here are some from the bunch I find worth noting:
Pillow Talk (1959), pictured above, helps start the summer series off -- screening with the far more serious To Kill a Mockingbird. Although I've been a fan of classic movies since elementary school, it is only in recent years that my love and admiration for Doris Day has grown. This comedy, featuring Day as an interior designer forced to share a party line with playboy Rock Hudson, is now one of my favorite movies, and I can't wait to see it on the big screen! (9:35 Thurs, 5/24; 7 pm Fri, 5/25)An Affair to Remember (1957) -- Cary Grant, »
- Elizabeth Stoddard
Tom Hanks hopes to strike it Lucky on Broadway
14 May 2012 8:25 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Hanks to make Broadway debut as a tabloid columnist in Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy this autumn, while Zooey Deschanel will play Loretta Lynn – and a musical Charlie Chaplin comes to town
Tom Hanks, Zooey Deschanel and Downton Abbey actor Dan Stevens are among the stars making their Broadway debuts in the forthcoming autum/winter season, which will also see the debut of a musical about Charlie Chaplin.
Two-time Oscar winner Hanks will play the tabloid newspaper columnist Mike McAlary in Lucky Guy, a new play by Sleepless in Seattle writer Nora Ephron, according to the New York Post . Scheduled for a limited run at the Shubert Theatre from January 2013, the play charts McAlary's controversial career as a crime journalist, which included a high-profile libel suit and a Pulitzer prize, before he died of colon cancer aged 41.
Hanks's last stage appearance was a one-off benefit reading of The Comedy of Errors »
- Matt Trueman
Zooey Deschanel to Hit Broadway - as Loretta Lynn
11 May 2012 5:40 AM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
There's a new girl coming to Broadway. Cast by the country icon herself, Zooey Deschanel will play Loretta Lynn in an upcoming stage musical about the singer's life, Coal Miner's Daughter, producers for the Broadway-bound production have announced. Lynn personally introduced Deschanel Thursday night on the stage of Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium during Opry Country Classics. The two then sang "Coal Miner's Daughter." "It's a long way from Butcher Holler to Broadway in New York City. I never imagined I'd see Coal Miner's Daughter on a movie screen, and now I can't believe it's going to be on a stage for people to see, »
- Stephen M. Silverman
Tom Hanks Negotiating for First Broadway Role
9 May 2012 4:57 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
As if it wasn’t enough being at the top of Hollywood’s A-List, Tom Hanks is looking to make a name for himself on Broadway. The actor and producer’s spokesperson confirmed to the The New York Times that he’s in negotiations to reunite with Sleepless in Seattle writer and director Nora Ephron on her biographical stage drama, Lucky Guy. Photos: Hollywood's Highest-Earning Actors Hanks, 55, would play reporter Mike McAlary, who covered crime and the New York Police Department during some of its most major corruption scandals. He won a Pulitzer for commentary for his coverage of the controversial
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- Jethro Nededog
Tom Hanks to make Broadway debut as grizzled New York reporter
9 May 2012 12:15 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Tom Hanks is in talks to make his Broadway debut, playing the lead character in Lucky Guy, Nora Ephron’s Broadway play about famed New York columnist Mike McAlary. The New York Post reported the news yesterday after months of speculation, and a spokesperson for Hanks confirms the two-time Oscar winner is in negotiations to tackle the role of the influential scribe, who covered the NYPD and chronicled some of New York’s most notorious crime stories at the end of the 20th century, just as print media was losing its dominant grip on the news cycle. Once a deal is finalized, »
- Jeff Labrecque
Top 10: Phone Scenes
7 May 2012 1:50 PM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
To celebrate today’s release of the Academy Award-winning Pillow Talk on Blu-ray in a Limited Edition Collector’s Digibook, we have created a list of the Top 10 phone scenes in movies, showcasing some of the most famous and romantic telephone calls ever made.
Pillow Talk (1959)
A man and woman share a telephone line and despise each other, but when he sees the woman for the first time and immediately falls for her, he has fun by romancing her with his voice disguised. Pillow Talk was the first of three movies in which Doris Day and Rock Hudson starred together and was named by the National Film Registry for being ‘culturally, historically and aesthetically’ significant. When Harry Met Sally (1989)
The 1989 American romantic comedy starring Billy Crystal (Harry) and Meg Ryan (Sally) raised the question: ‘Can men and women ever just be friends’? Grossing a total of $92.2 million at the box office, »
- Kat
Photos: Who's Your Favourite Pillow Talker?
4 May 2012 9:53 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Pillow Talk, the Academy Award-winning rom-com, is being released on Blu-Ray Digibook on 11 May.
A Limited Edition Collector's Digibook, it will include exclusive storyboards, original poster art and script pages.
It centres around successful interior decorator Jan Morrow (Doris Day) and composer Brad Allen (Rock Hudson), who happen to share a phone line. Although they have never seen each other, Brad quickly irritates Jan for clogging up the line on calls to numerous girlfriends.
When he eventually sets eyes on her, Brad falls for Jan and sets on a plan to seduce her. Aware of how she feels about him, he poses as an innocent Texan country boy to win her heart.
To celebrate the release of this romantic classic, we’ve put together a slideshow of our favourite phone scene film moments.
From Sleepless In Seattle to When Harry Met Sally, they're all there... or have we missed one? »
- The Huffington Post UK
Celebrity Homes and Real Estate - Meg Ryan Makes Third Attempt to Sell Bel Air Estate
29 April 2012 7:13 AM, PDT | National Ledger | See recent National Ledger news »
Meg Ryan has put her Bel Air mansion on the market for the third time. The 'Sleepless In Seattle' actress purchased the stunning property 12 years ago but has been trying to sell it since October 2008. So she has now put it up for sale again after dropping the asking price from $19.2 million to $14.2 million. According to Zillow.com, the purchaser can enjoy a "museum quality" restoration with stenciled and painted wood ceilings and tiles as well as wrought-iron work details and archways. The six-bedroom property is set back from the road behind walls and thick hedges and sits on just under three quarters of an acre. As well as six-bedrooms, the mansion boasts seven bathrooms, two family rooms, a film-screening room, separate bar off the kitchen and a huge master suite. Outside, there is a swimming pool, guest house and several outdoor living spaces. However, if she doesn't sell the property, »
From Studs To Schlubs? The Evolution Of Male Rom-Com Leads
27 April 2012 12:55 PM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
In "The Five-Year Engagement" (out now), Jason Segel goes from being a successful and put-together chef in San Francisco to a burly, dirty bunny suit-wearing woodsman in Ann Arbor, Mich. and back again. It's an arc that seems perfectly suited for these times. After all, since Richard Gere wooed Julia Roberts' hooker-with-a-heart-of-gold while wearing a bespoke suit in "Pretty Woman," the male leads in romantic comedies have become decidedly more schlubby.
To investigate this trend, HuffPost Entertainment decided to look at the 24 highest-grossing romantic comedies of all time, to see whether featuring an Average Joe (or perhaps worse; see: the dirty bunny suit) helps or hurts a film's box-office potential. (Spoiler: it's mostly split.)
Check out the evolution of male rom-com leads below, with the HuffPost Entertainment-patented Schlub-o-Meter giving schlub ratings to all 24 leading men.
(Key: 100 = Most Schlubby; 0 = Least Schlubby; timeline designed by Chris Spurlock)
Male Rom-Com Leads In »
- The Huffington Post
Meg Ryan puts home on the market again
27 April 2012 8:02 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
Meg Ryan has put her Bel Air mansion on the market for the third time. The 'Sleepless In Seattle' actress purchased the stunning property 12 years ago but has been trying to sell it since October 2008. So she has now put it up for sale again after dropping the asking price from $19.2 million to $14.2 million. According to Zillow.com, the purchaser can enjoy a 'museum quality' restoration with stenciled and painted wood ceilings and tiles as well as wrought-iron work details and archways. The six-bedroom property is set back from the road behind walls and thick hedges and sits on just under three quarters of an acre. As well as six-bedrooms, the mansion boasts seven bathrooms, two family »
Meg Ryan Lists Her Bel Air Mansion ... Again!
25 April 2012 2:00 PM, PDT | TooFab | See recent TooFab news »
Even celebs are getting hit in this extended recession, and "Sleepless in Seattle" star Meg Ryan has probably spent many sleepless nights trying to sell her million-dollar-mansion. The blonde, blue-eyed beauty just re-listed her Bel Air abode for $11.4 million. This is the *fifth* time she’s put it on the market since 1997. Considering she offered it at $19.5 back in January 2009, it's a steal in this market.The 6,877 square-foot Spanish estate comes equipped inside with stenciled wood ceilings, French doors throughout, two livings rooms, a screening room, an office and a bar (perfect for work and play). Not to mention thirteen other rooms that fill the house: 6 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms!The 51-year-old’s backyard is outfitted with a detached guest house, sparkling hilltop pool, layers of green scenery and stunning views of the city all the way to the ocean. Interested in living in the "City of Angels" star's home in the City of Angels? »
- tooFab Staff
Broadway To Continue Grabbing Hits From Hollywood
16 April 2012 11:52 AM, PDT | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »
Although in the past a hit Broadway show almost inevitably led to a hit Hollywood movie, the reverse process is increasingly occurring these days, the New York Post observed on Sunday as it laid out a long list of movies that are being developed for Broadway or that have already made the schedule for fall debuts. The newspaper quoted Broadway producer Manny Azenberg as saying, “A hit film is a brand, and it gives you that recognition factor.” Ken Davenport, a producer who is currently preparing to mount the 1980 Christopher Reeve time-traveler Somewhere in Time on the Great White Way, dismisses criticism that such shows lack the creative innovation that is expected of a Broadway show that people often pay hundreds of dollars to see. He told the Post: “Totally original musicals that aren’t based on anything are unbelievably rare, and have a big failure rate. I look for source material that will make a great musical, and I don’t care if it’s from a book, a movie or a postcard!” Among the movies in the process of being transformed into stage productions are: Animal House, Back to the Future, Big Fish, Bullets over Broadway, Flashdance, and Sleepless in Seattle. »
- admin
Hanks In Talks To Return To Broadway As Newspaper Columnist
12 April 2012 12:01 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »
Actor Tom Hanks is considering a return to Broadway as New York columnist Mike McAlary.
The play Stories About McAlary, written by the Forrest Gump star's You've Got Mail and Sleepless in Seattle director Nora Ephron, centres on the life of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and his coverage of the Abner Louima trial.
McAlary was a New York Daily News journalist when he wrote his expose of the New York Police Department officers who assaulted and sodomised Haitian security guard Louima in 1997.
Hanks has yet to commit to the production, which will be directed by Mike Nichols, but if he signs on it will be his first Broadway role since 1979.
As reported previously on BroadwayWorld.com, Hugh Jackman played McAlary during a reading in New York two years ago.
Hanks has also reportedly signed on to play movie icon Walt Disney in a new film about the filmmaker's 20-year battle to secure the rights to make Mary Poppins from author P.L. Travers. »
Blu-ray Release: The Sting
26 March 2012 9:36 AM, PDT | Disc Dish | See recent Disc Dish news »
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: June 5, 2012
Price: Blu-ray $39.98
Studio: Universal Studios Home Entertainment
The winner of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, 1973′s The Sting is a welcome addition to high-definition Blu-ray.
The comedy crime film, set in 1930s Chicago, stars Robert Redford (The Natural) and Paul Newman (The Hustler) as two con men who team up after a mutual friend is killed by a Mob boss. The con men, one experienced and the other new, take revenge by planning their biggest con on the boss, despite falling into unforeseen problems.
As well as Best Picture, The Sting, rated PG, won Oscars for director George Roy Hill (Funny Farm), David S. Ward’s (Sleepless in Seattle) screenplay, editing, music, art direction and costume design, and was nominated for sound, cinematography and leading actor Redford.
Part of Universal’s 100th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray discs, the Blu-ray/DVD combo has DTS-hd 5.1 audio and »
- Sam
Sleepless In Seattle writer to pen Rajiv Gandhi bio-pic
29 February 2012 3:33 AM, PST | BollywoodHungama | See recent BollywoodHungama news »
Ashutosh Gowariker had signed one of America's most distinguished and popular screenplay writers and directors David S. Ward to write the now-shelved bio-pic on Gautam Buddha. Ward has now been roped in to write the bio-pic on Rajiv Gandhi to be directed by Bhavna Talwar at the end of this year. Ward has to his credit the screenplay of such Hollywood masterpieces as the Robert Redford gems The Sting and Milagro Beanfield War. In fact, Ward's association with Redford is long and hugely productive. Ward has also written such evergreen Hollywood flicks as Sleepless In Seattle and Major League. He has also directed the blockbusters King Ralph and Cannery Row. This brilliant screenplay writer will now be spending the next one year of his life in Delhi tracking down the life and times of one of our most charismatic politicians, Rajiv Gandhi for Bhavna Talwar's film. Says a source, »
- Subhash K. Jha
Sleepless In Seattle Musical Postponed
22 February 2012 5:31 PM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »
The musical adaptation of hit Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks movie Sleepless In Seattle has been put on hold to allow producers to "get it right" before a big launch.
The production was expected to hit the stage at the Pasadena Playhouse in California this summer, but now theatre fans will have to wait a season to see it.
Sleepless in Seattle - The Musical will be rescheduled and will now be added to the venue's 2012-2013 season.
Sheldon Epps, the Artistic Director of the Pasadena Playhouse, tells BroadwayWorld.com, "Along with our producing partners, all of us at The Playhouse continue to be enormously excited about the long term potential for this new musical, both here at our theatre and beyond.
"Our belief in that, and our desire to get it right led us to the wise decision to give this project additional time for further creative development. We strongly believe that this will serve all involved, including most importantly our audiences." »
This Week on Stage: William Shatner returns to Broadway, 'August: Osage County' film moves ahead
18 February 2012 12:54 PM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
The boards had a busy week. The Book of Mormon won a Grammy. Broadway’s upcoming Once musical gave us a video sneak peak. Jeff Goldblum announced that he is replacing Alan Rickman in Seminar. Chris Colfer, Kevin Bacon, and John C. Reilly joined the star-studded cast reading of Dustin Lance Black’s Prop 8 play. Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark’s producers reached a settlement with the union that represents Julie Taymor. The film adaptation of August: Osage County finally secured leads Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. The stage version of The King’s Speech found a spot on the West End. »
- Aubry D'Arminio
'Sleepless in Seattle -- The Musical' world premiere delayed
17 February 2012 3:37 PM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
You’re going to have to wait quite a few more sleepless nights before you can see Sleepless in Seattle — The Musical. Producers announced today that the world premiere of the show — adapted for the stage from the 1993 romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan — will now be opening during the 2012-2013 season rather than the 2011-2012 season. According to producer David Shor in a press release, ”Developing a new musical is very intricate, and developing a show based on a movie as iconic as Sleepless in Seattle is something we don’t take lightly … I feel that it »
- Kate Ward
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